Federal government should drop Obamacare, focus on Medicaid

Obamacare is failing. Why are we not surprised? Virtually all the expertise in health care and health insurance is in the private sector. The federal government doesn’t have the knowledge, skill or experience to run the medical and/or health insurance businesses.

Dear President Obama: Before you throw any more good money after bad, let us return to the way it was before you messed it up. Put all the health care and health insurance businesses back into the private sector. Leave us alone; we can take care of ourselves.

The 30 million people who cannot afford medical care are always a concern. And here’s the common sense solution: The federal government should pay medical expenses for people who qualify for the government welfare program known as Medicaid.

This allows the government to do what it does best — write checks, and it allows medical providers and health insurers to do what they do best — continue running the finest health care system in the world.

Furthermore, should you lift all the unreasonable regulations, the taxes they pay would be more than enough to fund Medicaid.